Kaplan Fund

J. M. Kaplan Fund

"Jacob Merrill Kaplan (1891-1987) established The J. M. Kaplan Fund in 1945 and was its president until 1977, his eighty-fifth year. The Fund was capitalized by profits from Mr. Kaplan's business operations, most notably the sale of the Welch Grape Company to the National Grape Co-operative Association in Westfield, New York." 

Trustees

 * Betsy Davidson
 * Brad Davidson
 * Joan K. Davidson -- President Emeritus
 * Matt Davidson
 * Peter Davidson -- Chairman
 * Caio Fonseca
 * Elizabeth K. Fonseca
 * Isabel Fonseca
 * Quina Fonseca
 * Mary E. Kaplan
 * Richard D. Kaplan

Staff
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 * Conn Nugent - Executive Director
 * Laura Hansen - Program Officer
 * Angela D. Carabine - Grants Manager
 * William P. Falahee - Controller
 * Ann Birckmayer - Program Associate, Furthermore Grants in Publishing

2003 Discretionary Grant List
$100,000+
 * The New York Foundation for the Arts Artists' Fund/ The Richard D. Kaplan Donor-Advised Fund/ For the poster, "My Architect" $305,000
 * Historic Annapolis, Inc. - Legacy Campaign/General Support $270,000
 * Essential Information, Inc. - General Support $179,400
 * Regional Plan Association Inc. - General Support $160,000
 * Atlas Economic Research Foundation - The Fund for the Study of Spontaneous Orders $135,000
 * Manhattan Institute for Policy Research - Social Entrepreneurship itiative/SocialEntrepreneurship Fund $125,000

Other groups that received less include: Source
 * The Nature Conservancy - $12,500
 * Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute - $10,000
 * Lawyers Committee for Human Rights - $5,000
 * Rainforest Alliance Inc. - $5,000
 * Asia Society - $1,000

Contact

 * Web: http://www.jmkfund.org

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